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Chapter 392 - 294: Anything Else to Say

Chapter 392: Chapter 294: Anything Else to Say

"Your daughter is in my hands..."

In the depths of the night, the young man picked up the phone in the booth, unfamiliarly pressing the buttons and making the call.

Then, he slowly said into the receiver,

"If you don’t want anything to happen to her, don’t make any rash moves. You two, come to the place I have designated, and don’t let anyone else know. Otherwise, I can’t guarantee what she might say."

After finishing this standard kidnapper’s speech, the young man hung up the phone and then walked toward the location he had mentioned.

"So, this is the final... mission. It’s time to end all of this."

Eve had, in fact, prepared herself for everything. She had already abandoned her parents, no longer confined by the narrow world where only her parents existed, where she could only love her parents. She rejected the love and the teachings her parents imposed, based on her own understanding.

But, as human beings... are creatures not easily abandoned, especially those whom one has truly loved.

Naturally, Eve was no different.

Even though she had abandoned her parents in her heart, the social relationship couldn’t be erased so easily, and likewise, her inner feelings could not be completely forgotten.

Rather, it was precisely because she had correctly recognized the "love" spoken by her parents and how disgusting their actions of love were, that the protective shields which once safeguarded her fragile psychology had now transformed into spikes piercing closest to her heart.

Such experiences would leave a shadow in anyone’s heart, a shadow that may linger... for a lifetime.

Eve was not having nightmares about her parents for the first time since she had set off on the run with the young man. These nightmares had been recurring.

She was scared. She feared her parents coming back into her life, taking her back to that life filled with darkness, where she could neither sleep peacefully nor wake to see even a sliver of light.

As long as there was a chance she might meet her parents again, as long as her parents still could take her back, as long as... her parents were alive, her fear could not truly end, and she could not truly abandon her parents.

The young man took a deep breath, readying himself for the final act.

He... was going to end her ties with her parents once and for all, for her sake.

That was the last thing he needed to do here.

...

"...You’ve come."

After waiting for some time, the young man met the people he was expecting on the rooftop of a building.

Once he confirmed that only those two had come, he stepped out of the shadows and approached them.

As for why he chose the rooftop, there were two reasons: one was to clearly observe whether only the two of them had come, and the second was...

"..."

Eve’s parents, namely Hannibal and Maria, watched the young man in silence.

At that moment, their facial expressions were so weary, their eyes bloodshot and dim, their skin dry—as if truly embodying the parents of a kidnapped child.

The young man looked back at them, his eyes sparkling as though he had much to say, but ultimately, he didn’t say a word, and the three of them stood in silence, staring at each other.

Finally, Hannibal, unable to hold back, spoke.

He asked, "Who... exactly are you?"

"Yes," Maria followed, "why did you kidnap Eve, no..."

Maria shook her head, her voice turning into a roar, and she began to lose her composure, tangling her fingers in her hair.

"Just take her! Why! Why did it have to be discovered!? And after being found out, why did you run!? Do you know how much we’ve suffered during this time? You kept moving from place to place, forcing us to keep on the move as well, never having a moment’s rest before we had to leave again!

Moreover, wherever we went, there were crowds of people offering meaningless words of consolation and concern! We’ve been chased and bothered continuously by various people this whole time!

I clearly don’t want to deal with you anymore, wherever you want to go is fine by me! Just stop bothering us, but, but! Can I really not care? I’m her mother! I must care! Otherwise, those people will kill me!

This is all your fault! If you hadn’t suddenly taken her away and then been found out, we wouldn’t have ended up in this mess!"

"..."

The young man, faced with Maria’s almost frenzied complaint, answered coldly, indifferently, and with disdain,

"What does it have to do with me? Isn’t it all the retribution you brought upon yourselves?"

"You...!!!"

Maria was about to explode, but Hannibal held her back.

Hannibal was relatively calm. He stared straight at the young man and asked slowly, deliberately,

"Just who are you...? Why, after knowing that Eve wasn’t really kidnapped by us, did you not call the police or expose us directly, but instead chose to truly kidnap Eve yourself? Could it be... you’re considering Eve’s feelings?

If this were revealed, she would become well-known as the child kidnapped by her own parents, undeniably ruining her entire life. But by being truly kidnapped, not only would she survive when she was supposed to die, but she would also become a child who was genuinely kidnapped, receiving everyone’s affection... Am I right?"

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